Pouring Concrete

We hired a company to pump the concrete to the dam.  The concrete trucks would back up to their truck and dump the mix in.  They would then pump it out to the dam in a six inch hose.  Our forms were made out of plywood and 2 X 4s and the guys doing the…

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Building the Concrete Form

Here we are starting the wood forms for the concrete.  Karen assembled the 4 X 8 forms in the barn and then we hauled them down to the dam using Dave’s tractor.  We used a concrete saw to cut a smooth channel in the bedrock and then chipped out the rock with large crowbars.  The…

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Bridgeton Covered Bridge

Ben Hill finished the model of the Bridgeton Covered Bridge for the Auction. The Auction will be held April 29th, 2006 in Down Town Bridgeton. All the money raised at the Auction will be used to rebuild the Bridgeton Covered Bridge. This model is 3/4 in. = one foot. The first one he made was…

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